mherger wrote: > If already you have a computer running LMS, you should make it > available to all SB devices. > > > host LMS--OR somehow extend my living room fanless PC's WiFi's reach > so > > I can put the bedroom SBT on that network > > Yes, that's the way to go. WiFi improvement, or powerline adapter. Or > even a good old ethernet cable. >
slartibartfast wrote: > I think the first thing you need to do is connect your server and all > your Squeezeboxes to your router. Use Ethernet cable for the server and > either cable or WiFi for the Squeezeboxes. Aha! Related questions: [1] To lessen the chance of malware infecting my audio PC--which does run LMS--and the music-files hard drive connected to it (and to keep unexpected alerts, software updates and etc. from possibly interrupting audio that's playing), I have been connecting my audio PC to my home network *only when necessary* for Windows updates and such--when I've wanted to listen to Web radio on that system, I've connected that SBT to our home network, then disconnected it when finished. Is this going too far, security-wise and avoiding-audio-interruptions-wise? Does leaving a computer-based music system connected to the wide wild Internet raise malware/hacking/security vulnerabilities, and what's your advice for protecting the system against them?; [2] Since cabling my bedroom SBT to my audio PC is not practical for me (it would involve running more than 100 meters of Ethernet cable through a wall/doorway, past wall-mounted kitchen cabinets in a cosmetically acceptable way, etc.), my options are "WiFi improvement" and "powerline adapter". I suspect that extending the WiFi reach of my audio PC via powerline adapter would be the easiest option--however, I already use a powerline adapter pair to extend the reach of our existing broadband network from our bedroom (where our ISP service enters our apartment) to our living room. Can two powerline-adapter systems be used near each other, each extending a different WiFi network, without causing interference problems for those networks? Our apartment has enough electrical outlets so the adapter boxes would not share outlets. Having an audio-only WiFi "sub-network" sounds really useful to me (for instance, I recall reading somewhere that multiple SBTs on one network can play independent streams at the same time), if I can implement it without undue expense and physical hassle. Jerome ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeromeharris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108474 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
